Fitting notes
Six things we are asked often enough to write down: how to measure a foot, what to do when a shaft will not close, how a stiff pair loosens, and what the labels on our children's sizes actually mean.
- Measuring a foot before you pick a sizeA pull-on boot has no laces to take up slack, so length is the one thing you cannot correct afterwards. Here is how we would measure it.
- When a shaft will not closeSizing up in the foot does not fix a calf. What the opening figure means, where it comes from, and what to do when the numbers are close.
- Breaking in a new pairWhat actually softens, how long it takes, and which kinds of discomfort mean the boot is wrong rather than new.
- Suede and what it asks forNapped leather is the same hide with a different face. It wants a brush and a dry spell, not a cloth and water.
- The toe shapes we cutSquare, snip and pointed change how a boot fits as well as how it looks. One of them changes the size you need.
- Children's sizes and the labels on themToddler, little kid and big kid restart the numbering more than once. How to read the run without buying two sizes to find out.
Or start from a measurement
The bench reads a foot length against our grid and tells you the size it fits into, the one above it, and how much room each leaves.